Can you feel the joy of summer?!
My oldest son is in Indonesia
for a month with his anthropology teacher!
My youngest son wants to "do nothing."
And my middle son loves to mountain bike.
So, off to Whistler in BC Canada we went!
(turns out you can do "nothing"
in a swimming pool
and while zip lining! Who knew?)
Lots of opportunities to practice
letting go
and trusting!
Luckily for son #2,
he lives far less fearfully than his mom!
From the site - http://www.whats-your-sign.com/symbolic-meaning-of-rainbows.html :
At its most basic reduction, the rainbow is an amalgamation of light - a perfect harmonic combination which produces a symbol of supernatural beauty, promise and enlightenment.
The weather was fine, typical northwest mix of partly sunny,
or is that partly cloudy?
Until the ride home...
beautiful!
Shannon Falls
I can home reinvigorated fro the task at hand!
I am just loving it!
Turns out that the color I have the least of is...
purple!
Summer...
makes my mouth water
for cherries and my annual attempt at cherry pie!
In honor of the promise of
possibilities
I would like to have a giveaway!
7 fat quarters + a bit (third down is almost a fat quarter)
obviously, cherry themed!
And , just for fun,
since it's never to early to think about Halloween...
11 fat quarters of spookily fun Halloween themed fabric!
Just leave a comment telling me
what YOU get to do this summer
and which fabric tickles your fancy.
Next Sunday, June 22nd mountain biker son will pick the winners!
Summer vacation is just around the corner for me too! My husband, daughter and I are taking trip of a lifetime and going to Europe!!! I am so excited!! I would love to visit BC one day too, looks so beautiful! Thanks for celebrating summer with your incredible giveaway!!
ReplyDeleteNot sure if this is open internationally, but just wanted to say your photo's are lovely. Cherries are so good as well, currently we cannot walk 10 meters with our son without stopping again to pick some cherries, so many next to our roads. Fun! :)
ReplyDeleteNo summer plans for me though, hoping some people will visit us an maybe we're able to plan a few last-minute weekend trips in between work.
This summer lots of biking, picking fruits, swimming in the lake. Cherry picking at our local farm and would love to cherry pick these fabrics!
ReplyDeleteLori, thanks for stopping by! If I click on your name, I can't get to an email! :(
DeleteYou are so fortunate living in such close proximity to Whistler! We visited the Canadian Rockies about 8 years ago and spent 2 weeks beginning in Victoria and traveling through the most beautiful country I've ever seen, staying at B&B's where the people were so welcoming and friendly. It was the vacation of a lifetime and we speak of it often with the friends who shared it with us. Spending time with grandkids and great grandchildren and awaiting the arrival of great grandchild #6 next month are the fun things scheduled for our summer fun, and it doesn't get any better than that. Love those beautiful cherries!
ReplyDeleteHi Sylvia! I just clicked on your name and saw that your dad celebrated his 103rd birthday!!! Whoop whoop!! Amazing! Seems like you have a wonderful family!! Thanks for stopping by
DeleteThis summer we will be staying close to home as I am expecting a baby in September and travelling will not agree with me. I plan to sew quilts, teach my kids to quilt and get ready for baby. The Halloween fabric is my favorite of the the two. Thank you!
ReplyDeleteI get to go home to Alaska this summer with my whole family--something that we've not been able to do for about 8 years. So I'm really looking forward to that. I love cherries too and last year we canned sour cherries for pie and have enjoyed them a lot (my husband is our pie maker). So I'm looking forward to some fresh and getting some canned as well. The Halloween is my favorite. I love those spiders.
ReplyDeleteAlaska looks beautiful! And always wonderful to hook back up with family! Thanks for stopping by!
DeleteI get to have a visit with our oldest son and his family , really looking forward to this :-) love the Halloween fabrics , thanks for the chance .
ReplyDeleteHi Sheila! My oldest is 19..strange to think that one day I too could go visit him and HIS family! ACK! :) Enjoy!
DeleteNo plans for the Summer here. My husband hasn't been feeling well so we will stay at home and I will be doing more sewing. Thank you so much for the giveaway. I would love the Halloween fabrics.
ReplyDeleteBTW--The pictures are so awesome. I love the waterfall.
I don't have any trips planned for this summer but I'm booked on to a couple of workshops later!
ReplyDeleteMy in laws are unwell and need a lot of attention at the moment but I hope there will be time to sew!!
I love the cherry fabrics !
Hi Gill! Sorry to hear about your in laws! Hope you can catch some moments for your self!
DeleteWonderful pictures of the mountains! I plan on spending more time with my oldest grand daughter who will be starting school this fall. I bought a small pool and am planning on her coming to spend a week with me. I see them quite often but not enough!
ReplyDeleteWe will be having a "Stay Home-cation" this Summer! Actually fixing up two bathrooms--hate having my house pulled apart--but it really must be done!
ReplyDeleteOH I love that cherry group--"Can she bake a cherry pie, Billy boy, Billy boy; Can she bake a cherry pie, charming Billy...." I'll be humming that with fingers crossed today...thanks and hugs, Julierose
Your photo of Whistler caught my eye, as I too have a son that loves to mountain bike. He is in college now, and still bikes every chance he gets. He will head up to Whistler with buddies when he is done with summer internship, before senior year starts…Your middles son is lucky that you were game for such a great trip!
ReplyDeleteWe will spend summer ourselves as a staycation, and perhaps travel when the boys are both home over the winter time.
If I am lucky enough to win the giveaway, I would love the cherries…a little taste of summer!
Right now I am babysitting and looks like it might be a summer thing:( I love both sets of fabric but Halloween is my favorite holiday so.........Halloween Thanks, qltdiva1@fuse.net
ReplyDeleteWhatever, I want to. Love the Halloween group. Great pictures! 24Tangent "at" gmail "dot" com
ReplyDeleteI too love the Halloween group. Actually today I bought some Rainer cherries at the pike market in Seattle.tomorrow we are off to Alaska for seven days. We are celebrating our 25 the wedding anniversary this summer
ReplyDeleteZip Lining sounds fun, I could definitely use some "do nothing" at a beach, hoping the husband will give us a go sign any day now, it's getting hot. Your pictures are wonderful and that double rainbow is amazing. Love the cherry themed pack.
ReplyDeleteThe Halloween Themed fabric tickles my fancy. This summer is my first with absolutely NO plans (other than sew, quilt, knit everyday). So we'll see what transpires: perhaps a trip to the lake to boat, camp and watch the fish jump, and feed the cat fish swarming the piers.
ReplyDeleteI have no plans for this summer other than staining and sealing the deck, ton of yard work and painting the house and a few weekend trips around Missouri, Kansas and Iowa. Maybe a little trip to Texas to see my niece. If it all gets done then it's off to New England on a road trip this fall. I love Autumn so the Halloween fabrics are my favorite.
ReplyDeleteI like the cherry ones! I'm on vacation this week w/ my family in lancaster, pa!
ReplyDeleteI love cherries! I have my grandkids here this week and so far we have spent four hours each day swimming. The pool is closed tomorrow and Saturday.... but we have other fun things to do, gardening, painting on t-shirts, making cookies...
ReplyDeleteI love both sets of fabrics. I started a new job so I don't get vacation. I get to cover everyone else! but I will sew and garden as much as I can. also hoping to make some jelly and relish this summer.
ReplyDeleteI love the cherries! It's my 2nd anniversary in a few days so picnics in beautiful places and a Shakespeare play in a castle are coming our way this summer. A lovely way to spend time together.
ReplyDeleteGreat fabric!! Over the 4thof July weekend we are going to the Black Hill in SD and going to a couple of rodeos. On the 5th there will be a big fireworks display and it happens to be my birthday that day!!!!!!!!!! Thanks for the chance at an awesome give away!!
ReplyDeleteI'd love to win the Halloween bundle. Aside from Christmas, Halloween is my favorite holiday! This summer I am going to finish the Western Washington Shop Hop. I've visited 10 quilt shops already (on Wed. & Thurs.) and will be visiting another 6 (plus going to Multnomah Falls) on Saturday. I also have 2 tops to quilt, 2 quilt kits to make, and 4 table runners, 4 placemats, and 6 zippered bags to make. That should keep me busy most of the summer...lol
ReplyDeleteThe cherry fabrics are gorgeous, especially the blue w/pink cherries. I will spend part of my summer helping out son/DIL with their soon to be born baby girl (their third child). Then, back to work as I prepare for retirement in December. There is a lot to get wrapped up in my office but I plan to balance that with some much-needed sewing/quilting time. I will PLAY next summer!
ReplyDeleteThis summer I am going to enjoy golfing and boating. I really like the cherry fabrics. Thanks!
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I will be spending the 4th of July with my in laws in WV.
ReplyDeleteI love the cherry set of fabric. It just screams summer picnic quilt.
Well...Summer will be spent round here...but have out Grangirlie often..and she want s to learn to sew & make quilts & doll clothes!! Such fun we are gonna have!!! :)
ReplyDeleteI loooove the Cherry themed bundle!! LOOOOVE em!! :)
I love the pictures of your trip. I am hoping for a trip to MN to visit my mom and family. Other than that, we will be staying home. I would love the Halloween fabrics, I would love to make a themed quilt.
ReplyDeleteLooks like a awesome trip! I will be driving to the Michigan UP for lots of fun around Lk Superior! I was born around Halloween and Love collecting Halloween and fall fabric! Thank you for the great giveaway!
ReplyDeleteWe don't plan to make any long trips this summer but are doing some 1 or 2 day trips around this area which is new to us. I love the cherry prints......maybe we'll have to go to Door County Wi. after all!
ReplyDeleteWe are driving from PA back to Minnesota to visit family. I love the cherries! Thanks! sarah@forrussia.org
ReplyDeleteLove the cherries. I already made by trip to Tuscon to do some serious bird watching, had my grandchildren here for a month, so now I can relax and sew.
ReplyDeleteMy family is coming from all over to visit on my 50th birthday. I like the Halloween fabrics. I am currently working on a fall table topper. Thanks for the giveaway.
ReplyDeleteCamping in almost nowhere for two weekends in July.
ReplyDeleteI like the cherry fabric.
Hoping to get to go camping with the family this summer. I love the cherries! Also the different colored spiderwebs are great. :)
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The photos of Whistler are beautiful! That's a place I'd like to visit someday. This summer we will be going to the beach with my husband's extended family, and will also attend my family's big July 4th picnic in Pittsburgh. Our son, who lives 900 miles away, will be at both of these gatherings -- hooray! We also have a hiking trip to Maine planned, but not until the fall. I plan to do lots of sewing this summer, as well. The fabrics are lovely, for some reason I am always excited about Halloween fabrics.
ReplyDeleteI don't currently have plans for this summer (other than getting in shapes), however, in October I'm going on my first ever vacation to Washington DC. I'm so excited about the trip and getting to ride on a plane. It will be the furthest I've ever been away from home before.
ReplyDeleteI love the Halloween fabric.
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Im currently enjoying my families vacation home in the NC mountains! Loving the cool air. I really like your cherry fabrics. Thanks for the chance to win!
ReplyDeleteOh...that's a place that's on my list! Ashville looks wonderful!!!
DeleteThe Halloween fabrics are lovely. No plans for the summer, my daughter & I mostly just wing it during vacation. Your photos are amazing.
ReplyDeleteThanks Aimee! Here's to winging it in a fun and joyous direction!
DeleteI get to relax this summer, sometimes that is better than a hectic vacation! I love both of your fabric selections but those cherry prints are my favorites. Thanks for such a lovely geiveaway
ReplyDeleteI agree...relaxing is good, even better on a warm tropical shell encrusted bug free island!
Deleteno love for purple? makes me sad. my favorite color. your shelves looks awesome. of course, Halloweeeeeen! this summer I am designing my dream house, which will hopefully become a reality within the next year.
ReplyDeleteI won't be doing a whole lot this summer other than my usual routine, but I do expect to visit family.
ReplyDeleteHopefully there is a bit of room for some fun in your regular routine!
DeleteNo Summer vacation I`ll be working but hope to have fabulous weekend near the beach.Your photos are fabulous!!
ReplyDeleteLove the cherries.Thanks
I love the beach! It's so rejuvenating!
DeleteLaying in the pool :)
ReplyDeleteSounds like fun!
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